Duct Tape Tips Wanted

I purchased this Travel-Size duct tape. It's only $2 on Amazon. You could probably reach the free shipping point if you buy other items from Amazon at the same time. There are also great ideas on Pinterest. One idea I noticed was to wrap duct tape around a pencil.

Here's a great article about traveling with duct tape.

If you don't want to order on line, your local hardware store will likely carry a large selection of small rolls for a few dollars. They are about 1 1/2 inches in diameter and very light weight. And they come is tons of colors, including animal prints if you are feeling on the wild side ...

WalMart sells the small rolls as well so you may not have to order online. I, personally, go with the aqua jaguar print, lol!! I have not had to use it myself but almost every time I travel I give it to someone else to use!

Following a tip from someone on this forum, I just cut about 36" worth of duct tape off a large roll and wrapped it around an old plastic card (credit-card size). It's actually a bit heavy, but it takes up very little space. You could also use a small empty plastic bottle; some of the hotel courtesy bottles would be the right size.

You can wrap a small piece of paper around a pencil, then wrap the duct tape around that, then remove the pencil and snip away any excess paper; this saves the (admittedly tiny) weight of the "core." Also, you can then flatten the resulting roll of DT for minimum bulk.

I have wrapped it around a pencil and also a credit card. Both work fine for me. Also, consider gaffer's tape instead of duct tape.

The pencil thing works well

Office supply stores like Office Depot also sell the smaller rolls -- but DO get a fun color or pattern. (I have semi-psychedelic rainbow colors) One use this trip was to mark a hotel room key when the owner gave us 3 almost identical keys on one ring.

I wrap mine around the base of my collapsible water bottle. A few wraps is sufficient for most of my needs.

Dollar Stores, Dollar Tree have small rolls of duct tape for - you guessed it -- $1. When traveling in the US via air, a dollar store is one of the first stores we hit.

Thanks everyone! I decided rather than messing around with trying to wrap it, to go to the dollar store near my home. I got a couple of small rolls in fun patterns and a wider band width roll of clear shipping tape. I also went to Walmart and picked up some paracord. it's light, cheap, and multifunctional. Thanks!